Senators back new broadband taxes   28 Feb 2006 19:37 GMT
Politicians from rural states want to extend controversial tax to subsidize broadband access in far-flung areas.
Source: ZDNet

Sony Ericsson teams with Google   28 Feb 2006 18:14 GMT
The companies integrate Google's Blogger and Web search features on Sony Ericsson mobile phones.
Source: ZDNet

First J2ME Mobile Phone Trojan Spotted (PC Magazine)   28 Feb 2006 17:39 GMT
PC Magazine - Russian anti-virus specialist Kaspersky Lab has discovered evidence of the first mobile phone Trojan written for low-end J2ME cell phones.
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Sony Ericsson to use Google search and Blogger (Reuters)   28 Feb 2006 17:15 GMT
Reuters - Sony Ericsson said on Tuesday it was linking up with Google Inc. to incorporate the company's Web search and blog features into its mobile phones.
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Mobile phone sales hit 817 million in 2005 (AFP)   28 Feb 2006 16:52 GMT

AFP - Worldwide sales of mobile telephones rose by 21.0 percent last year when a total of 816.6 million handsets were taken up by users, and slightly more than half of them were made by Nokia and Motorola, a study by Gartner research showed.

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Sun improves RFID software   28 Feb 2006 16:04 GMT
Sun Microsystems on Tuesday introduced a new version of its RFID (radio frequency identification) software.
Source: InfoWorld

Sony Ericsson unwraps 3.2-megapixel blogging phone   28 Feb 2006 14:03 GMT
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced several new phones on Tuesday, including two that carry Sony's Cyber-shot brand and come with 3.2-megapixel cameras that are integrated with Google's Blogger application.
Source: InfoWorld

Mobile Phone Sales Reach Record Levels (PC World)   28 Feb 2006 14:00 GMT
PC World - Fashion phones, handsets with built-in music players drive sales, researcher says.
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In Brief: Intel to invest $300M in Vietnam chip plant   28 Feb 2006 13:05 GMT
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, plans to invest $300 million in Vietnam on a chip assembly and testing plant. It will be the first factory of its kind ever built in Vietnam.
Source: InfoWorld

Sony Ericsson's Cybershot brand on photo phones   28 Feb 2006 12:59 GMT
Two new Sony Ericsson phones deemed good enough to carry Sony's Cyber-shot digital camera brand.
Source: ZDNet